Moviehouse & Eatery presents: Big Screen Classics! Raiders ofbrthe Lost Ark and Pulp Fiction are coming soon! We’ve all seen these movies a dozen times, but herebrare a few things you might not know about the Spielberg and Tarantino flicks!
Raiders of the Lost Ark 9/30
1. In the “Well of Souls” scene,bryou can pause to see Star Wars characters R2D2 and C3PO hidden in a hieroglyphbron the wall.
2. The opening scene in the South American templebrand the boulder scene are based on Disney’sbrUncle Scrooge Adventures comics from the 1950s, particularly “ThebrPrize of Pizarro” and “The Seven Cities ofbrCibola”. Steven Spielberg and George Lucas both loved the comicsbrgrowing up.
3. Although Spielberg and Lucas were alreadybrrespected names in Hollywood, film studios were hesitant to fund the project.
4. Indy’s line to Marion Ravenwood “It’s not the years, honey, it’s the mileage” wasbrad-libbed.
Pulp Fiction 10/7
1. John Travolta was not Quentin Tarantino’s first choice to play Vincent Vega.brTake a look at a leaked “Dream Cast” ofbrPulp Fiction, written by Tarantino himself.
2. The dance that John Travolta and Uma Thurmanbrperform at Jack Rabbit Slims was copied movement by movement from a dance scenebrperformed by Barbara Steele and Mario Pisu in the Federico Fellini classicbr81/2.
3. Pulp Fiction is the first of many collaborationsbrof Quentin Tarantino and Samuel L. Jackson, not including True Romance, whichbrTarantino wrote.
4. The movie cost $8 million to make, $5 million ofbrwhich went to pay the actors’ salaries.
Big Screen Classics at the Moviehouse are perfect for taking abrtrip down memory lane! Every Wednesday this fall, see your favorite movies backbrup on the big screen. Reserve your half-priced recliner and enjoy a hand-pickedbrclassic movie! Here’s what we’ve got planned for the rest of thebryear:
9/30 - Raiders of the Lost Ark
10/7- Pulp Fiction
10/14 - The Hunt for Red October
10/21- Back to the Future Part II
10/28 - When Harry Met Sally
11/4 - Forrest Gump
11/11- Jaws
11/18- A Few Good Men
11/25 - Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
12/2 - National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
Reserve your recliner at TheMoviehouse.com!